5 Things To Know For Your New Day — Friday, March 4

Republican Debate Turns Dirty:

The Republican presidential race got dirty Thursday night.

Donald Trump opened the GOP debate here by boasting about the size of his genitals. He responded to recent comments from Marco Rubio in which the Florida senator joked about the size of Trump’s hands and said “you know what they say about men with small hands.”

On the debate stage, Trump stretched his hands out for the audience to see — then insisted the suggestion that “something else must be small” was false.

Obama Says He’s Not Leaving D.C. Next Year:

President Barack Obama and his family will continue calling Washington home after he departs the White House next year — at least for a little while.

Long rumored, the first family’s plans were revealed Thursday by the President himself, who said during lunch in Milwaukee that he planned to remain living in the capital until his younger daughter finishes high school.

“We’re going to have to stay a couple of years in D.C. probably so Sasha can finish,” he said. “Transferring someone in the middle of high school? Tough.”

Disney Channel Plans ‘High School Musical 4’:

Disney is starting something new with one of its most popular franchises.

The cable channel is officially casting for “High School Musical 4,” the long-rumored next installment in the successful movie series, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The fourth movie in the franchise, which has spawned such stars as Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, will center on a new group of students at East High, as well as their crosstown rivals, the West High Knights.